The play of the second day of the fourth test match between India and Australia has ended. A very exciting match took place on the second day of the Boxing Day Test match. Steve Smith scored the 34th century of his Test career. Australia made a huge score of 474 runs, while Rohit Sharma came as an opener for the first time on this tour and failed. Till now he was playing at number 6 and was not able to score runs there also.
Yashasvi Jaiswal completed a strong half-century, but he was run out. Virat Kohli looked in rhythm today, but after Yashasvi’s dismissal, his focus broke and he was again caught out on the ball of the fourth-fifth stump. India’s score after the second day’s play is 164 for the loss of 5 wickets. Half the team has returned to the pavilion, India is still 310 runs behind on the basis of first innings and India still needs 111 runs to save the follow-on.
Talking about this match, Australia played a strong game in the first session while leading by 311 at the loss of 6 wickets after the first day’s play and added more than 140 runs. Till now only one wicket fell in the first session, but at the beginning of the second session itself the remaining three wickets of Australia fell. Australia scored 474 runs, with Steve Smith scoring 140 while Sam Constas, Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne scored half-centuries on the first day. Captain Pat Cummins scored 49 runs. Jasprit Bumrah took 4 wickets.
When the Indian team came out to bat, Rohit Sharma was seen as the opener. However, he was out after scoring just 3 runs. After this KL Rahul came to support opener Yashasvi Jaiswal. The partnership flourished between the two, but they were clean bowled on the last ball before the tea break. After this, in the third session, Virat Kohli came to the crease to support Yashasvi. There was a partnership of 100 runs between the two, but Yashasvi was run out after scoring 82 runs. Virat Kohli also got caught out after scoring 36 runs. India’s last wicket of the day fell in the form of Akash Deep.